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Abby vs Lyra Health

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Abby

Quote

Abby is an AI mental health companion sold to employers as a support benefit: employees talk to it anonymously at any hour in 88 languages, and it hands heavier cases to your EAP or a licensed therapist. It suits employers whose EAP goes unused, and pricing is by quote.

Where Abby fits

  • Employers whose EAP has low usage
  • Shift, remote or global teams that need support outside office hours
  • Multilingual workforces
  • Schools, nonprofits and public-sector teams

Lyra Health

Sales-quoted

Clinical employer mental-health benefit with care navigation, therapy, and psychiatry. Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where Lyra Health fits

  • Large employers that want a clinical mental-health network
  • Benefits teams that need therapy and psychiatry, not only coaching
  • Companies with a global workforce and a navigation model
  • HR leaders replacing a traditional EAP

At a glance

DetailAbbyLyra Health
Starting priceQuoteSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underWellbeingWellbeing

Where they pull apart

Abby

Stands out: Abby checks in first and remembers each employee's story, so it is used daily rather than only in a crisis. Conversations are never shared with the employer, it covers 88 languages, and it routes people to your existing EAP or in-network therapists instead of replacing them.

Watch out: Abby is an AI, not a licensed clinician, and it is not a crisis service. There is no published enterprise price and no named HRIS or benefits integrations on the vendor site, so expect a sales conversation for rollout details.

Not the right fit for

  • Buyers who need a clinical therapy or psychiatry network as the core benefit
  • Teams wanting a published per-employee price

Lyra Health

Stands out: The network is built around matched clinical care (therapy and psychiatry, not a meditation library with a therapist bolted on), which is why large employers treat it as the mental-health plan, not a perk.

Watch out: This is a quote-only benefits contract. Lyra AI and Lyra Empower sit on the same brand; confirm whether the SKU you are buying is the clinical network, the manager/empower layer, or both before you compare PEPM to a coaching-only vendor.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs that want a self-serve mindfulness subscription
  • Buyers who need a public per-employee price

Pros and cons

Abby

  • Available 24/7 in 88 languages
  • Anonymous, no individual data to the employer
  • Routes to your EAP instead of replacing it
  • No published enterprise price
  • AI only, not clinical care
  • No named HR system integrations

Lyra Health

  • Therapy and psychiatry as the core benefit, not an upsell
  • Care navigation in front of a clinical network
  • Sold as a workforce benefit with employer reporting
  • Sales-quoted PEPM
  • Public partners page does not name ATS/HRIS products
  • Lyra AI is a separate conversation from the clinical network SKU

What each one costs

Abby

Quote

Abby for Organizations is priced by quote through the enterprise team; no per-employee price is published. For individuals, the first conversation is free with no card and every paid plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 21 Oct 2026

Lyra Health

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted per employee per month. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Abby or Lyra Health for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 21 Oct 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?